Tennessee police hunt former teacher accused of kidnapping student

Tad Cummins, 50, who is believed to be armed with two hand guns, was placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s top 10 “most wanted” list on Friday on charges of aggravate kidnapping and having sexual contact with a minor. Cummings, who is married, was fired from his Maurey County high school teaching job on Tuesday after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with student Beth Thomas, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Thomas was last seen on Monday just before 8 a.m. CT when a friend dropped her off at a Shoney’s family-style restaurant parking lot in Columbia, Tennessee, a city about 45 miles south of Nashville.